The Rostov State Medical University is situated in the centre of the city of Rostov-on-don in South-Western Russia. Its history dates back to World War I, when, in year 1915, the Warsaw University in Poland had to be evacuated far inland to the city of Rostov and amalgamated with the Don University. In the year 1920 the Rostov Female Medical Institute amalgamated with the medical faculty of the university.

In the year 1930, the university was renamed as the Rostov State Medical university.

By this time, there were over 1300 students and 200 professors in the university. Among the notable contributors to the development of the university were eminent persons such as Professor N A Rozhansky in Physiology, Professor K.R. Miriam in Pathysiology, Professor I.S. Tsitovich in Pharmacology and Professor P.I. Emdin in Neurosurgery.

At present, over 6500 Students from Russia and 79 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America are enrolled in the University for the undergraduate, post graduate and research courses. The post graduate course comprises of about 40 medical specialities. All the theoretical departments and basic clinics are situated within the green surroundings of the university. There are 5 comfortable student hostels covering an area of over 19000 sq meters.

The university actively collaborates with the world health organization, European commissions International programmes and with various organizations in Germany Great Britain, Switzerland, France, Canada, USA and India.